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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ZoidMeister, post: 7804836, member: 114169&quot;]So I was watching a group lot of coins on Ebay.&nbsp;&nbsp; There were five in total but I only needed one of them.&nbsp;&nbsp; The price per coin was very reasonable, but again, I only needed one.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was an auction with a &quot;make an offer&quot; option.&nbsp; A bit unusual, but whatever.&nbsp; I watched this auction for several weeks.&nbsp;&nbsp; No one bid on it week after week.</p><p><br /></p><p>Opening bid was $125 - $25 per coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would probably have paid $50 for the <b>one</b> I wanted, but this was a full set of items and I didn&#039;t want to insult the seller by asking him to break up the set.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I tendered an offer - $90.&nbsp; It was immediately rejected&nbsp; - one of those auto rejects.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sheesh.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I let another week or so go by.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still available, no opening bids.</p><p><br /></p><p>This time I offered $95.&nbsp; Again it was immediately rejected&nbsp; - auto reject.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was determined to get the piece that I needed.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen it before,&nbsp; something languishes for weeks with no opening bids.&nbsp; I place one bid, then all of the &quot;watchers&quot; come out of the woodwork and drive the price beyond what I will absorb for the ONE piece that I wanted.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I sleep on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The next morning I make a full opening bid offer - $125.&nbsp; I wait.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nothing,&nbsp; no auto accept.&nbsp;&nbsp; I gave up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later that day I received notice of a counter offer from the seller.&nbsp;&nbsp; Of course,&nbsp; he knew that I was interested, I figured he wanted to bump me up a little from opening bid.&nbsp;&nbsp; Heck,&nbsp; if I sniped the listing a few seconds before it closed, at least I could get it for opening bid. I wasn&#039;t hopeful.</p><p><br /></p><p>I waited a few hours before checking the counter offer&nbsp; . . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>What?&nbsp; I offered $125, the counter offer was for $100 . . . . !!</p><p><br /></p><p>Hail,&nbsp; immediate accept and pay . . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>The group lot is on its way to me . .</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a first time for <b>EVERYTHING</b>&nbsp; . . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>Z[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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